The Mega Millions jackpot soared to nearly $1 billion after Tuesday night’s drawing failed to produce a grand prize winner.

The jackpot grew to an estimated $965 million ahead of Friday's drawing, marking the eighth-largest jackpot since the game began in 2002. The estimated cash value is $445.3 million.

The last time someone took home such a lofty prize was in December 2024, when a California player nabbed a $1.269 billion prize.

Friday’s drawing will be the 40th drawing in this run, which is a game record.

In the Nov. 11 drawing, the white balls were 10, 13, 40, 42 and 46. The gold was Mega Ball 1. There were 809,030 winning tickets across all prize tiers, for total nationwide winnings of more than $27.9 million.

Three tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s second-

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